Racing Acres
My name is Shay my family and I live on a farm in Franklinville, NY. I am married to a professional driver (i.e. truck driver or as he prefers "gear jammer") Jay, and we have 2 beautiful daughters, Maddy (7) and Ashlyn Chevelle (1). We recently bought a 10 acre hobby farm which we...
One of my husband's friends has a wife that works in a nursing home. For easter they decided to hatch some eggs donated to them by a local farmer. Since they aren't allowed to keep the chickens at the nursing home they donated the chicks to me.
Only problem is I don't have any idea what they...
**Update** Finally got the net over my enclosure yesterday (in the midst of rain and mid 30's temps, yuck!). And wouldn't you know it first thing this morning I saw the tom get ahold of my stubborn hen. So it was just a matter of time
This is one of my bronze hens. She may be mixed with a little Eastern wild though, she was given to me by my husband's uncle so I didn't have much info on the poults when I got them.
Western PA isn't too far from me so your girls should be right behind. Are you close to the lake? I've noticed that the closer you get to Lake Erie the cooler it is. While it was 65 here all last week it was around 53 in Buffalo. Maybe it still being cooler is causing your girls to not want to...
If my hens would get their act in gear, I would love to let them go broody. Let them each hatch a clutch and be done with it for the season. The rest of the season's eggs would be breakfast, yum!
Unfortunately we have other breeding issues going on so that's not in the cards for me right now.
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I feel your pain. I have 2 hens, one is laying eggs and the other isn't. The one laying eggs isn't "cowering" and the one with no eggs yet is.
It is so frustrating.
I have 2 bronze/EW mix hens, 1 bronze tom, and 1 black spanish tom. My hens were hatched out last May. One of the hens is laying eggs but will not lay down for the tom. I have sat out there for hours watching them and nothing (ironically the other hen who is not laying eggs yet does lay down...
She is so gosh darn adorable!!!!
My 2 yr old is a chick-a-holic too!
BTW what beautiful boxers! They are the greatest dogs, I will never own another breed. Once my husband's 90 yr old pug kicks the bucket I hope to get another.
I have a similar setup for my brooder in the garage. I hung my light on an adjustable ratchet strap to make it easy to raise. I also use a blanket in the beginning to keep the temp a little warmer.
Good for you!
I had a rooster a few weeks ago that was terrorizing my 8 year old and suprisingly my DH. He tried it once with me but I gave him a good chase and he didn't do it again. Unfortunately, in my situation he was really hurting my 8 year old and with me also having a 2 yr old and a 4...